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Ignorance: Aesthetic unlearning.

Authors :
Bojesen, Emile
Source :
Journal of Philosophy of Education; Aug2022, Vol. 56 Issue 4, p601-611, 11p
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

This article proceeds from a consideration of what John Baldacchino calls 'viable ignorance', attempting to take leave from the critical and pedagogical obligations of certain elements of Barbara Johnson's 'positive ignorance'. It considers Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean‐François Lyotard and the composer, Karlheinz Stockhausen's reflections on modes of experience, and the cultivation of complementary dispositions, where the knowing, egocentric subject is transformed into, or undermined as, what Nietzsche calls 'a medium of overpowering forces'. The disposition itself is outlined through close readings of key elements of Nietzsche's notebooks, Lyotard's final chapter of Libidinal Economy (1993), and Stockhausen's lecture, 'Intuitive Music' (1971) and developed through supplemental practice‐as‐research activity in sound. The intention of this paper is to explore the space of aesthetic ignorance as committedly as possible, without reverting constantly to positive ignorance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03098249
Volume :
56
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of Philosophy of Education
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
160352481
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.12705